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(No Model.) I L. BAER.

COLLAR BUTTON.

No. 357,858, Patented Feb. 8, 1887'.

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NITED TATES LEOPOLD BAER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 357,358, dated February 8, 1887.

Application filed April 22, 1886.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

, Be it known that I, LEoPoLD BAER, of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Collar Buttons, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which 4 Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved collar-button. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a view, on a reduced scale, of the button applied to the back of the shirt-neckband.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- The objectof my invention is to provide a simple and efficient button for retaining the collar on the neck and for holding the necktie or scarf in place. Y

My invention consists in the peculiar cons'truction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

To the center of thebutton-back A is secured a tubular shank, B, having on its extremity the apertured ears a a. Between the ears a a, and on the pin b, passing through the ears, is pivoted the knuckle act the tongue C. The knuckle c is provided with three fiat faces, d d d, giving the knuckle an approximately rectangular form. In the tubular shank is received the stem 6 of the T-headed follower f, which is located between the ears a and between the knuckle c and the end of the tubular shank B., A spiral spring, 9, placed in the tubular shank B, surrounds the stem e and presses the follower f outward toward the knuckle 0. By the engagement of the follower f with one or the other of the flat faces d d d of the knuckle c the tongue C will be held in one of three positions, either in line with the tubular shank B, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, or approximately at right angles with the tubular shank, upon one side or the other of the pivot, as shown in full lines.

The button is placed in the position of use by arranging the tongue C in line with the-shank B, inserting the tongue and the shank in the button-holes of the neckband'and the collar,

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then folding it down, as shown in full lines in the drawings. When folded down over the necktie or scarf, it prevents the tie ,or scarf from rising.

The tongue C may be moved in either direction to a position at right angles to its dotted position in Fig. 2, so that it will make no difference which flat side'of the tongue is uppermost when the tongue is inserted through the button-holes, as it may be turned down, as shown in Fig. 3, to overlap the necktie.

, I amaware that a sleeve-button of the ordinary form has had a tubular shank provided with a spring-pressed sliding piece bearing at its outer end against one of a series of square faces of a lug secured to the center of the inner face of the pivoted circular back. This back is adapted to be foldedapproximately parallel with the tubular shank of the button, but could not be extended in longitudinal alignment with said shank. In collarbuttons for the back of the neck it is absolutely necessary for the comfort of the wearer for the shank to be very short. In the construction above referred to the shank would have to be quite long, in order to allow the entire circular back to pass through the button-holes of the shirt and collar, Whereas in my construction, by the use of a tongue pivoted at its end, so that it canbe turned into alignment with the shank, I am enabled to use a much shorter shank Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a collar-button consisting of the button-back A, provided with a tubular shank terminating in cars (fa, the spring-pressed follower e f within the tubular shank, the flat narrow tongue C, having a narrow head, a, pivoted between .the ears a, in alignment with the shank and formed on three sides with fiat faces d d d, the longitudinal edges of the tongue C being approximately flush with the outer sides of the ears'a, substantially as set forth.

LEOPOLD BAER.

Witnesses:

THEO THORN ER, J osnrn WEIL. 

